IYa 2303 p - Business English Pre-Intermediate

1. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Course Code

IYa 2303 p

Major

Jour 5В050400, CSSE 5B070400, ISS 5B0100200

Credit Hours

2

Year, semester

2 year,autumn semester

Subject category

Basic

Language of Delivery:

English

Prerequisites:

English for Professional Purposes Pre-Intermediate

Postrequisites:

Introduction into IELTS

Instructor

Sholakhova A.A., assistant-professor

E-mail: a.sholakhova@iitu.kz

2. GOAL AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

Course goal: to tailor the English Language program to the students’ future careers and help students communicate successfully in English in a business environment.

Course objectives:

• listening: comprehension and note-taking of authentic speech in business contexts;

• speaking: discussion of business-related issues, making presentations;

• reading: skimming and scanning of authentic business-related texts;

• writing: keeping up business correspondence (business letters and CVs);

- life-long learning, leadership, critical thinking, decision-making, problem solving and team work.

3. COURSE DESCRIPTION

IYA 2303i Business English is aimed at the formation and development their skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in English on business-related topics, and developing such social skill as making presentations. The language training is communicative, interactive, student-centered, outcome-oriented and heavily reliant on students' self-study work. The latter is organized as TSIS (business correspondence) and SIS (Practice File self-check exercises and business project).

4. LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the course the students will be able to:

- show proficiency in recognizing familiar words, interpreting and summarising authentic oral speech on such business topics as Career, Companies, Products, Marketing - express opinion, propose solutions, present ideas on the above topics;

- skim, scan, discuss and analyze texts on the topics under study;

- build up business vocabulary on the topics studied;

- write a CV/formal letter;

- differentiate and use such grammar structures as modal verbs, passive voice, reported speech, conditionals.

5. ACADEMIC POLICY

Students are forbidden to:

• come to class without a textbook or a printout of an e-book from dl.iitu.kz. A student without a textbook/dl handouts gets the mark “0” for class participation;

• submit any tasks after the deadline. Late submissions are graded down.

• cheat. Plagiarized papers shall not be graded;

• be late for classes. Being tardy three times amounts to one absence;

• retake any tests, unless there is a valid reason for missing them;

• use mobile phones in class;

• chew gum in class.

Students should always

• be appropriately dressed (formal/semi- formal styles are acceptable);

• show consideration for and mutual support of teachers and other students;

• let the teacher know of any problems arising in connection with their studies.

6. LITERATURE

Required:

1. David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent. Market Leader Pre-Intermediate, New edition, Course Book. Pearson Education Ltd, 2008

2. David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent. Market Leader Pre-Intermediate, New edition, Practice File. Pearson Education Ltd, 2008

Supplementary:

1. Michael Vince, Macmillan English Grammar in Context (Intermediate), Macmillan, 2008

2. B.Jolamanova, A.Sholakhova. Writing Paper in English. МУИТ, 2011

3. B.Jolamanova. Project Work Guidelines. E-version.

Internet sources:

1. http://www.businessenglishpod.com/category/sales/

2. http://www.businessenglishpod.com/category/meetings/

3. Learn Business English Vocabulary - Basic Legal Vocabulary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDcTXidHhNU

4. Business English Vocabulary Lesson for ESL - Project Management

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMn1sY-3Fe4